Roberts’s novel discusses some interesting science in a beautiful setting, but the lack of sympathetic characters keeps it from succeeding. Fraudulent marketing CEO Jeffrey Venn; his aggressive assistant, Lex Lee; telepath Jon Gunnarson; and neuroscientist Ella Sandström travel to Bhutan to create a mobile app that will make its users telepathic. Jon and Ella are sincerely invested in the project, while Jeffrey and Lex just want a hit that will bring in money. All are desperate for their own reasons, and all are in for a shock when they realize the app actually works. Ella and Jon team up against Jeffrey when he tries to use his newfound powers to convince the FBI not to arrest him, and to make his app go viral. Roberts gets very wrapped up in his interest in the science of telepathy, to the detriment of the plot; story lines involving Ella’s assistant, Jon’s financial issues, and Ella’s daughter all fall by the wayside. Despite an intriguing premise, there are too many threads left untied to form a cohesive story. (BookLife)